Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A2f - Fuel Combustion Activities - Manufacturing Industries and Construction - Non-Metallic Minerals |
Sector: |
Industrial : Manufacturing : Stone, Clay, Glass & Cement : Cement |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Petroleum coke
♦ Greenhouse gas: Methane ( CH4 )
► Year 2000 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
61.35 tonnes of CH4 Emitted (1,534 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CH4 emission] |
Reference: |
IPCC (2006). 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T., and Tanabe K. (eds). Volume 2, Chapter 2: Stationary Combustion. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/2_Volume2/V2_2_Ch2_Stationary_Combustion.pdf |
● Activity level used in calculations —
Activity: |
Fuel combustion = 224,888 ton of Petroleum coke |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
O'Hare, A. T. (2007). Data request between CARB and Andrew T. O'Hare of the Portland Cement Association, Washington, DC. http://www.cement.org/ |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
273 g of CH4 per ton of Petroleum coke 6,820 g (i.e. 6.82 kg) of CO2eq. per ton of Petroleum coke |